Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) on a research study funded by the Medical Research Council to deliver a novel body-based awareness intervention for patients experiencing anxiety in NHS Talking Therapies services. Full training in the intervention will given.



Responsibilities include conducting assessments and online delivery of the intervention under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.



Work can be divided between working from home and coming into the study base at the University of Sussex and Sussex Education Centre in Hove.



There will be opportunities to contribute to the wider work of the research lab and to contribute to papers for publication.



Conducting assessments with study participants within NHS Talking Therapies services



Conducting end-of-intervention reviews with participants and signposting on as appropriate



Delivering PWP support sessions to participants remotely, supporting participants through the intervention.



Attending weekly research team meetings



Supporting the study research assistant with a range of study tasks as required



The study team is a multidisciplinary research team at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. We work together with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, where this post will be located. Our bench-to-bedside research focuses on brain-body interactions in mental health conditions.



We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.



To facilitate communication between NHS Talking Therapies services and research team



To follow clinical trial procedures adhering to the trial protocol



To support recruitment, screening, and consenting of prospective trial participants



To support participants in research assessments before, during, and after therapy



To support participants if technological problems arise



To deliver online support sessions



To conduct clinical needs assessment after therapy course has ended



To collect research and clinical data according to trial protocol



Flexible working and working from home are possible



The post holder will work with people with a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder from different cultural backgrounds, of different ages, and potentially with co-occurring disabilities and should be committed to equal opportunities